Words on the ugly proliferation of conservatism and libertarianism into the cultural space. Some fun brain exercises on conflicts and origins of conflicts. Discussion on US history. Onboarding peaceful parenting into a psywar information environment.
*Mel Gibson played Hamlet!
Having a look at one of Miles Mathis' "favorite films" and the social commentary relevant at the time.
After I published this article, it dawned on me that popular Internet parlance has a phrase like this in people's minds thinking of Boomers telling the younger generations to lift themselves up by the bootstraps - which is obviously not the point of the article!
https://franssen.substack.com/p/complaining-is-a-lack-of-responsibility
Nice to be in a rhythm with these.
https://franssen.substack.com/p/arguments-over-opinions